Track Bike build

[catch2otwo]

The other thing Ill be working on this weekend is getting the tach mounted.  I will not be running a speedo, as I do not need to be reminded of how slow I am.  But I think a tach will be necessary for tuning purposes.  Got a couple old tachs from Addidas and decided to freshen one up since it was pretty faded. 

after about 45 minutes of messing with the bezel, that piece of crap finally came apart.  In order to get the bezel off, lay the gauge on its face, with screw driver or weapon of choice, start prying at the bezel to lift it away from the gauge body.  You will have to go around and around slowly bending the metal bezel away.  If I knew how much of a pain this would be I would have just left it and settled for the faded needle.  And keep in mind, the bezel will never be as tight as before.  There is no way to bend/fold the bezel back to the way it was.  Mine is tight but looks like ass. 

And steal your gf/sister/mother/auntie's nail polish.  the brighter the better


Laying out in the sun to dry


Much better


Hopefully will be making the tach mount tomorrow.  Stay tuned

[adidasguy]

Glad things are working for  you. You caught me in the right mood to get all that stuff just for postage. You got 2 tachs so you had a spare to farkle with. Glad you only needed to farkle up one. Now you have a spare.
Keep up the good work.

[crzydood17]

send me a tach!  :p

[ninjeff]

Keep the updates coming on this one please!

I'm hoping to tackle a GS500 track bike later this year myself.

[catch2otwo]

I will have some updates soon.  In the home stretch now, lots of little misc things to button up.  First trackday sched for the end of march at Sears point. 

[catch2otwo]

*IMPORTANT UPDATE*

First off I want to appologize for some misimformation.  I hope it didn't lead anyone to waste any money. 

The 08 cbr600rr front end im using will NOT work if you switch to new style tapered bearings.  This whole time I was using the ball bearings from the cbr and it seemed to work fine.  I had some extra time so I went ahead to swap in new tapered bearings.  Well the upper tapered bearing seems to be captured by a shoulder on the steering stem.

This limits how far down the upper tapered bearing can go down on the stem.  This is a problem because the bearing stops about an inch before it hits the upper race.  So it looks like my only option is to have the stem pressed out and have my gs stem modified to fit into the cbr lower triple. 

Again i apologize for the incorrect info saying that this front end was bolt in.  I hope it didn't cause anyone any headaches.  I think im going to go have a cold drink...